So Much for That: A Novel by Lionel Shriver (HarperCollins) is $2.99 (
Amazon US,
Amazon CA)
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From New York Times bestselling author Lionel Shriver (The Post-Birthday World, We Need to Talk About Kevin), comes a searing, deeply humane novel about a crumbling marriage resurrected in the face of illness, and a family’s struggle to come to terms with disease, dying, and the obscene cost of medical care in modern America.
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The Flight of Gemma Hardy: A Novel by Margot Livesey (Harper) is $2.99
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The resonant story of a young woman’s struggle to take charge of her own future, The Flight of Gemma Hardy is a modern take on a classic story — Charlotte Brontė’s Jane Eyre — that will fascinate readers of the Gothic original and fans of modern literary fiction alike, with its lyrical prose, robust characters, and abundant compassion.
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My Latest Grievance by Elinor Lipman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) is $1.99
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My Latest Grievance stars the beguiling teenager Frederica Hatch, the “Eloise of Dewing College.”
Born and raised in the dormitory of this small women’s college and chafing under the care of “the most annoyingly evenhanded parental team in the history of civilization,” Frederica is starting to feel that her life is stiflingly snug.
That all changes with the arrival on campus of a new dorm mother, the glamorous Laura Lee French, the frenetic center of her own universe.
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Lady Macbeth’s Daughter by Lisa Klein (Bloomsbury USA Childrens) is $2.99
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Raised by three strange sisters, Albia has never known the secrets of her parentage. But when Macbeth seeks out the weird sisters to foretell his fate, his life is entangled with his unknown daughter’s. When Albia foresees the terrible future, she becomes determined to save Macbeth’s rival – and the man she loves – from her murderous father.
Klein’s seamlessly drawn tale makes it seem impossible that Albia was not part of Shakespeare’s original play.
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